Nvidia issues SOLVED by disabling gdm

[Patrick Wiseman <pwiseman@gmail.com>]

Hello, all:

After much head bashing, I decided to try starting X using 'startx',
bypassing gdm.  My nvidia card is now working splendidly with the
195.36.03 beta driver, which I installed using the nvidia installer
(as that seems to be the easiest way to ensure I have 32-bit
compatible OpenGL libraries, which Google Earth requires).  Maybe I
should file a bug against gdm for apparent (although not invariable)
incompatibility with nvidia drivers?

Patrick